The Avengers (2012)

The Avengers Synopsis

The Avengers are a superhero team, consisting of many of Marvel Comics' most popular heroes. Known for their rallying cry "Avengers
Assemble!" and the nickname of "Earth’s Mightiest Heroes", the team originally featured Ant-Man, Wasp, Thor, Iron Man, and the Hulk, all of whomwere popular, established superheroes.

Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger, Marvel’s The Avengers is the super hero team up of a lifetime. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster.

After sending around a poll to all the writers and staff here at Cinema Blend, we’ve crunched the numbers and created our Top 12 rankings for the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far. What’s the order, you ask? Read on to find out!

In case you haven't noticed, Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World has made a whole lot of money. It broke opening weekend records when it first came out in early June, and the money train hasn't stopped since.

This year’s Joss Whedon panel was held in Hall H instead of its usual home in the smaller Ballroom 20, but the content of the show was no less captivating and fun. So what did the great filmmaker reveal this year? Read on to find out!

It’s possible that one day soon, we’ll grow tired of seeing our beloved pop culture icons created in LEGO form. But thanks to these displays – particularly a LEGO Chris Pratt! – that day hasn’t yet arrived.

With Ant-Man two weeks away from release, Marvel is making one last marketing push to plug the tiny superhero’s movie, and in the latest trailer, they name-drop their biggest superhero team as potential allies.

Identified as the remnants of the six singularities that existed in the universe prior to the Big Bang - Space, Time, Reality, Mind, Power and Soul – we have been slowly learning about all of them in Marvel Studios’ movies for years now, and it won’t be long before they are put center stage in the upcoming two-part epic The Avengers: Infinity War

SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains mild spoilers for The Avengers: Age of Ultron. If you wish not to have any parts of the movie affected by knowledge going in, please click away to another one of our articles!

It’s a challenge for actors in blockbuster movies to keep secrets about the production. however, in Mark Ruffalo’s case on Avengers: Age of Ultron, it was easy for him not to spill the beans for this reason.

Anyone who has paid even a modicum of attention already knew that Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron is going to be a huge blockbuster. But as it turns out, it may be even bigger than anyone thought, as advanced ticket sales are freakishly massive. Like Hulk-sized.

Do you have what it takes to lift Thor’s hammer? Iron Man doesn’t. Bruce Banner doesn’t. Hawkeye doesn’t. Captain America, for the most part, doesn’t. But that didn’t stop any of these pedestrians from trying to wield Mjolnir after finding it on the street.

Avengers: Age of Ultron is already on track to put up huge box office numbers in the U.S., but by the time it touches down on American shores it will already have a nice chunk of change in the bank as a gargantuan international haul is also expected.

We've seen Black Widow kick some serious A.I. ass, we’ve seen Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver deliver some “age of miracles” realness, and we’ve seen Captain America fling a motorcycle at at a bunch of baddies. Now it’s time for War Machine to enter the fray, thanks to a new TV spot for Avengers: Age of Ultron.

The Avengers will face their greatest threat yet when they finally battle Thanos in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War Part I. However, they may not be the only ones joining the fray. It’s possible Marvel’s Netflix heroes, collectively known as the Defenders, will be teaming up alongside them in the second part of this epic story.

After directing the two biggest installments of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Joss Whedon is ready to retire. However, while Joe and Anthony Russo are set to helm Avengers: Infinity War, there’s still a chance Whedon could be involved in some capacity.

The next few weeks are going to be rather huge for Marvel Studios, but evidently it's not enough. In addition to every other big thing that's been going on, now a big Avengers announcement has been scheduled for tomorrow morning.

The recent landmark deal between Sony Pictures and Marvel that will see Spider-Man joining The Avengers on the big screen has officially opened a door that previously appeared permanently secured by lock and key. Hugh Jackman recently weighed in on the subject, discussing his thoughts on an X-Men/Avengers crossover and his thoughts may surprise you.

As if we needed further convincing to purchase our Avengers: Age of Ultron theater ticket, the Marvel/Sony deal heard round the world has got fans buzzing that Spider-Man may show up at some point in the film. Now, thanks to this little Marvel mashup trailer we can get a taste of what it may look like if the web-slinger indeed does end up appearing in the upcoming film.

Do you like films with strong female leads? Do you like to watch "the fairer sex" prove that they’re not as fair as society has often portrayed them? Then you’ll get a kick out of this supercut tribute to women in prominent action movie roles…literally.

While a movie’s box office numbers are a good sign of its popularity or the level of anticipation it was able to muster, one could argue that Blu-ray sales are an indicator of just how beloved that title is.

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Chris Evans may only be Captain America when he is on screen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but he just proved that the good-hearted superhero qualities he portrays through his character are also true to himself.

The more that James Gunn, director of Guardians of the Galaxy shares on his social media outlets, the more his fans learn that he really is a comic book fan, far beyond just the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

It’s still very much up in the air whether Santa Claus actually exists. But until we actually find out, Bill Gates is going around doing Saint Nick’s work for him by handing out presents. Well, actually, he has just handed out a single gift to one lucky recipient. A 25-year-old named Cali. And she couldn’t be happier.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has big plans for the coming years. To keep it all straight, we've laid out the next few years worth of Marvel Studios films, which encompass the remainder of Phase 2 and the officially announced Phase 3 lineup.

Marvel is offering up some major updates today, among which are the planned release dates for their hugely anticipated upcoming projects, specifically in Phase 3. Here's the list of movies they announced with release dates and some excellent title art...

In Marvel Comics, the team known as The Avengers has never included just one particular set of heroes; it's a rotating membership. We've always expected that the movie version of the Avengers would follow the same path, but it looks like it's happening sooner than we thought - as in some time in the midst of Joss Whedon's The Avengers: Age of Ultron.

The Avengers: Age Of Ultron has started sharing its secrets with the rest of us common folk. However, as much as they reveal in the teaser trailer on a surface level, you'd be surprised how many moments had us throwing our hands in the air, screaming "WTF?"

Thanks to the rights to certain Marvel Comics characters belonging to different movie studios, it has long been assumed that the chances of ever seeing a really complete Marvel Cinematic Universe are zero.Because of the legal and business issues behind it all, there are very big walls blocking crossovers between universes – but if new rumors are to be believed, then it’s possible that one of those walls could be crumbling.

There is a really, REALLY big rumor going around out there involving the fate of The Avengers 3, and its a rumor so good that it needs to be addressed. Here's why we think that The Avengers 3 should branch out into two films.

Before Guardians of the Galaxy came to steal our hearts and dominate the summer box office, Marvel gave us The Avengers, a movie stuffed to the brim with bonkers action sequences. But just in case you ever wondered what The Avengers would look like as an old-school, 8-bit video game, we've got you covered.

It's time to answer another burning question from the annals of the Marvel Cinematic Universe! This week, we answer the question of who we think would be the most (and least) worthy to wield the power of Thor's epic hammer, Mjolnir.

Above is a neat-o little video regarding the history of the onscreen Marvel universe, and the various nods and Easter Eggs regarding each film thus far - from the studio's first (Iron Man) to its tenth, this weekend's Guardians Of The Galaxy. Well, technically its eighth, since it stops before Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which doesn't hit Blu-ray/ DVD until September 9th.

Joss Whedon is well known as the emperor of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but before he claimed his throne he still had a fair amount of clout. At least, he had enough clout to demand the previous draft of the script be jettisoned in favor of his own.

Thanks to some unbridled critical and box office success, practically everyone in the world knows the big stars of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Captain America (and the actors who play them) are all not only true blue household names, and the same can be said for their females leads and villains. But what about the supporting players of the big screen comic book world?